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Larimer County Sheriff: Lyons-area man left home before police arrived

Longmont Times-Call

Posted:
10/13/2013 07:58:52 PM MDT

Updated:
10/13/2013 09:35:22 PM MDT

LYONS -- A Lyons-area man suspected of firing a weapon during a disturbance Sunday morning apparently left the home before officers arrived, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office reported Sunday evening.

Law enforcement officers were called to the home on the 3500 block of Colard Lane, northwest of Lyons, at about 11:30 a.m. Deputies from the Larimer County and Boulder County sheriff's offices and troopers from the Colorado State Patrol responded to the incident, as did the Larimer County SWAT team.

Residents of Longmont reported seeing as many as eight squad cars and two ambulances -- all with emergency lights and sirens running -- heading west on Colo. Highway 66 at about 4:30 p.m.

No one was injured, the Sheriff's Office said.

Officers were on scene "a good portion of the day," Sheriff Justin Smith tweeted at 7:30 p.m.

At about 9 p.m., the Larimer County Sheriff's Office released a statement saying, "The subject was not in the home and is believed to have fled prior to law enforcement (sic) arrival."

Officials believe the man fled the area in a vehicle. The home is located north of U.S. Highway 36 and west of Blue Mountain Road.

The press release did not include a description of the vehicle or the man, other than to say he was a Hispanic male in his mid-50s

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